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The National tribune., 1887-07-21
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WearyiDg somewhat of shouting coffee
boiler and similar epithets of that splendid
soldier ommaader-in-Chief Fairehild-
and other GAR. leaders, the soldier-hating
papers have with general accord fallen TO
abusing The NATIONAL TRIBUNE, and are
pouring out their foulest and falsest bill
lingsgate upon our devoted heads. The old
shrieks of pension agents organ," run
in the interest Of pension sharks etc..
fill their columns. The New York Times
the English funkeying, soldier hating,
wealth-worshiping Times-whieh never has
n good word for anything that is American,
that is patriotic, that is for the workingman,
or that is for justice to the soldier-leads of
in this assault and the others follow suit.
OF course in their eyes every man who wore
the blue was "cofee-eooler," "substi-
tute," and bountyjumper" every man
who tries to get pension is "a dead-beat"
and ga perjured swindler"; every attorney
who tries to aid him in getting justice is
"pension-shark," protesting patriotism in or
der TO Fill his pockets, and every paper that
says the Government should treat its soldiers
honestly is :" run in the interest of pension
sharks" In their eyes it is legitimate and
laudable for any lawyer to exert himself to
the utmost to enable criminal, defaultsr,
or bOOdler TO escape justice, but for an at
torney to aid broken-down veteran to get
the little pittance which he earned at the
priceless cost of his blood, is to make that
attorney pension-shark." ANY paper
which insists that the veteran should be
paid that which is his welI-earned right, can
only be inspired and controlled by pension
sharks"
This is pitiably mean. 1t is no new thing,
however. The NATIONAL TRIBUNE has
always had it to encounter, and probably
always will have it. We have thrived
under these assaults, because we represented
right and patriotism. THE NATIONAL
TRIBUNE has grown under it in few years
to the largest circulation of any family
weekly in the country. We have 20 readers
where the Times or any of its ilk have one,
and our readers are as class as high in intel
| ligence, education, morality, and all the
civic and social virtues as any in the Nation.
What is more, they believe in Us to the utter
most. They know that we are devoted to the
best interests of the country and the soldiers,
without regard to party, religion, selfish
wealth, or any other blasting influence, which
is something that can rarely be said of any
paper, and especially of the Times sort. We
are proud of our constituents and they are
proud of US, so we are content.
The National tribune., 1887-07-21
WORK OF THE PENSION BUREAU.

During the week ending July 16 there
were received 42,775 pieces of mail matter,
and 41,27s letters and circulars were sent
out. The number of claims received during
the week was 3,G44, OF which 7O3 were
original invalid cases 3i3 widows; war of
1872; 8 bounty land cases; Is navy cases;
266 claims on account of Mexican service,
and 2,3OG applications for increase.
During the fiscal year which closed on
the 3Oth of June, the Old War and Navy
Division, in addition to recording and jack
citing about $4,000 claims on account of serv-
ice in the Mexican war, admitted II ,155
Mexican war cases.
The work Of this Division is unprece-
dented. In addition to keeping up with the
current work, the allowance of these IL ,155
cases represents an immense amount of labor
imposed upon the Division.
The National tribune., 1887-07-21

RUSSIA does not approve of her people
spending their money abroad among for
eigners who contribute nothing to the
wealth of the country. Her Finance Min
lister has proposed law to tax every person
who goes out of the country 80 gold rubles
for the frst three months of absence, Is
rubles month for the next three months, 20
rubles month for the next three months, %
rubles month for the next three months,
and 80 rubles q month for afterward. A
gold ruble is about so cents.
The National tribune., 1887-07-21

259,1i7 men-and splendid men they were,
too-Ehom she sent TO the front. This was
an average of $50 each, or, reduced to gold
basis, S2L15. Indiana, who comes next to
Illinois in the percentage Of enlistments to
population, sent 197,147 men to the front
and paid $9,1e2,354 in local bounties, or
Si6.5n q head-reduced TO gold basis
s96 0aI
The National tribune., 1887-07-21
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AGENTS We employ 90 0goats TnE NATIONAL
fBIBUNE has many r0lmtoer cdfIuGssCrS, ana Mey
urs generally honest and (diH5tai Bet persons sgho
coR6df ncir subscriptions 10 tton must b. dtc3r orn
sudges ~ dcir responsibility The paper totl be seEi
oHly oN receipt Of H6 subscription price.
ADDRESSES, RENEWALS Eic-AdSrosses 'rig
b. changed as often as desired, b'd each Subscriber
should cusgV giUc to Old snc Ho'c address.
In ronorng subscribers should cGred 20 send us ne
labsl o ne last paper Foceted and specify any cor
seeiiOBs or changes 10y desire made iH same or adj
dress
CORRESPOFDENCE-C Correspondence r. solicited
from encrv section in regard 20 Grand Army PEN
sion Hiaurv, Agricultural lRdusiffaldn Household
snoiisfs aud letters 10 dc Editor t0iN oUoys fooeiue
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THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE,
Washington, ID. q.
The National tribune., 1887-07-21
LETTERS RECEIVED
From EanY Comrades About st. Louis sad tn
Flags,

fiagSs
The NATIONAL tribune acknowledges the
receipt of letters from the following comrades
in regard to the Presidents visit to st. Louis
and the return Of the rebel flags. Both ques-
tious have been settled. The President will
not visit the Encampment and the flags will
remain st Washington. The very great pres
sure upon our columns makes it impossible to
print the letters:
o. Brown, Co. E, 18th Mich, SOdus Mich. /;
A. J. Maxwell, Co. /, 32d Ohio, Chetopa, Kan. I;
w. S. PittillO, Co. X, ist Ark, Fort Worth,
Tex; N Romine, Co. ID, 12th Ohio, Blu1tOn.
Ind; III. ]. Mize, Co. +. 81 Tenn. Cav, Bon
ham, Tex; Willard MGsson, Elk City, Kan;
Chas F. Straight, 103 High street, Pawtucket,
The National tribune., 1887-07-21

THE Administration has acted with COM
mendable prOmptness in sending two men
of-war to Honolulu to take care of our inter-
ests. Itmight bewell also to quietly assemble
brigade of Regular troops at San Francisco
with enough swift-sailing transports to con-
vey them. And when once our troops are land
ed in Hawaii, they should stay there perma-
nently. Secretary Whitney did well in
taking possession of the Isthmus of Panama
at the first breaking out of the troubles.
The State Department would have done still
better if it had arranged that the occupation
of the Isthmus should have been permanent.
There is more reason for our taking posses
sion of the Hawaiian Archipelago and the
Isthmus of Panama than for England hold
ing Egypt and Cyprus.
The National tribune., 1887-07-21

Report of certificates issued during week
ending July 16, 1887: Original, 9O5; in
crease, 1872; reissue, la restoration, As; du-
plicate, 10; accrued, sc; arrears, o; Act OF
March 3, 1853, 1; Order of April 3, 1884, Q;
Act of March 3, 1885, o; Order Oct. 4, 1885, 6 -;
Act of Aug. A, 1886. 1; Supplemental Act
Aug. A, 1886, 8; Mexican war, 90; total,
2,l22.
The National tribune., 1887-07-21

WE arc apparently on the verge Of dis
pute whether men who reside in Canada
shall work in the United States, and Uice
Vasa. The Knights Of Labor at Detroit and
elsewhere think we are being injured by
Canadian cheap labor, and propose 10 see If
a stop cannot be put 10 IL.
The National tribune., 1887-07-21

Anarchist Johann Most keeps on Shrek
ing that Liberty is dead. lie bias all the
liberty that there is or ever was to 20 away
from a country that he dielikes so much as
be does this.
The National tribune., 1887-07-21

Or COURSE the poor old Mugwump EUeR-
6ng Post Of New York and Herald Of Boston
ere asbadly disgruntled over the interference
with the return Of the rebel battle-hags as
they were over the passage of the Dependent
Pension Bill and the opposition TO the
President visiting The National Encamp-
ment. Too bad for the poor things!
The National tribune., 1887-07-21

THE papers which are abusing Gen. Fair
child are abusing the Grand Army of the
Republic. He has received the most en-
phatic Endorsement of his comrades from
Maine to California, and his act is their act
They are proud of him and what he has
dana
The National tribune., 1887-07-21

TIE main reason many papers have for
hating The NATIONAL TRIBUNE is that it
is read by 20 people where they are read by
one. Jealousy gnaws their small souls.
The National tribune., 1887-07-21

Or course the soldier-hating Mugwump
New York Times, New York EUoHiRg Post
and Boston Herald are much worse dis
gruntled over the non-return Of the rebel
flags than any real Southern papers.
The National tribune., 1887-07-21

WHATEVER Gen. Drum may have done,
he certainly had nothing 10 do with the
Presidents unparalleled blunder in regard
10 " The Confederate states.n
The National tribune., 1887-07-21

IT is so easy TO yell "claim-agent's
scheme that q man with no more brain
than one Of the Aztec children can do
it--and he generally does.
The National tribune., 1887-07-21

FORSYTH Posi-, Of Toledo o., aud prob
ably the largest Post in the GAR, has
voted unanimously in favor Of the proposed
Dependent Pension Bin.
The National tribune., 1887-07-21

EURRAH for the printesl They have
resolved that women who do the same work
as men shall receive the same pay. THIS is
xnan1w
The National tribune., 1887-07-21

THE Germans are pushing their commerce
with unwearying yigor The news now
comes from Africa that German gin has
wellnigh taken the place Of New England
rum as q medium for civilizing the ignorant
blacks of the Dark Continent, and beguiling
them Of their elephant tuslzs and gold dust.
The National tribune., 1887-07-21

THE papers state that Gen. E. S. Bragg has
become an enthusiastic supporter of Blaine.
What was the matter? Would not Cleveland
reward his distinguished services according
20 Bracg's own estimate Of lhemP
The National tribune., 1887-07-21
ooNKERshrIoN CLUE nApoE.

The above picture shows the exact size Of
Che elegant badge designed for the members
of The NATIONAL TRTBUNE's Conversation
Club. II is made Of coin silver, and makes
O. very pretty ornament We wiz send il TO
any address on receipt ofSl.
The National tribune., 1887-07-21
PUBLISH ED EEKLY.
One Dollar per Year.
snvarIsbiy in Advance.

ldS sn0uths, 20 cents. no subscription for n
less period reooIyed.
The National tribune., 1887-07-21

To these should be added one-half Of those
who enlisted in 1861, 1862 and 1863 for three
years, and were denied all bounty because
they were disabled and discharged before
they had completed two years Of service:
The National tribune., 1887-07-21
S9.6I

Here we have nearly one-third Of tie total
Number Of eaIiStments who did not receive
cent OF bounty from any source.
In response 70 the call of May 3, 1861, and
July ., 1852, 1,O79, 1913 men enlisted for three
years. This was nearly half the total num-
Der Of enlistments. They cane out before
there was any talk of drafts or big bOunties,
and the only bounty promised them was 500.
IL we add 10 them the short-term enlistments
mentioned above, we have a grand total of
1888, III, or nearly three-ilfths Of the entire
number who either got no bounty at all or
at most but 500.
The remaining 921 $50 men who came out
under later calls were made up rs follows:
three years aci,oZl
lWoseAfs loaoJ
Sl0rtterm JzSfoi
The National tribune., 1887-07-21
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE.

WASHINGTON, D. C. july q, 1887.
The National tribune., 1887-07-21
nsupsrIrurrs ANp pouNrY.JuarrERs..

"sUBSTITUTES AND BOUNTY-JUMPERS."
1t is 20 easy TO shout Substitutes and
bOunty,jumpers" at the old soldiers that
any man who has scarcely brains enough to
ill peanut shell can do it, and it is pre-
cisely this class Of men who are doing most
oft.
According to them the substitutes and
bountyjumpers form the bulk Of the yeter-
ans, and the men who left their homes from
pure patriotism, and sacrificed everything
to save the country are so few as TO be
hardly worth considering. This is mean
and ooBardly SANDER, and the men who ut
ter it are the ones who, If old enough to
bear arms during the war, were poltrOons
who did not dare 60 where they would hear
a cap burst. They are the sneaks who at
the first mention Of draft peTjured them
selves as TO their bodily condition, or beg
ged foreign protection, or sneaked OF TO
Canada.
We all know this TO be true Of our own
knowledge, and plain figures will show the
wicked falsehood Of their calumny.
In all there were 2,s59,132 enlistments in
the Union army. or these the following re-
-
The South western news. (Dawson, GA.) 188?-1889, 1887-08-03

telegraph station. ConnectS
at Fort Vally for Perry; at smith
Vile for Albany and Blakeiy; az
Cuthbert for Fort Gaines; at ES-
faula for Clayton.
The South western news. (Dawson, GA.) 188?-1889, 1887-08-03


An incident happened yesterday
that melted a crowd in a big hur-
ry. A tall quiet man stood looks
ing intently at show window on
Broadway. Tive other men paus-
ed and looked in to see what the
curious object was. In few min
ute four messenger boys unreluc.
family drew up and concentrated
their gaze. In three minutes at
least twenty men, women, boys
and Cinnamon were clustered
around the tall, quiet man and
trying to discover the great curiosi-
ty that attracted his attention. lie
SAID nothing, never moved, and
intentiy kept his eye fixed on the
show window, Several policemen
strolled by and asked the crowd to
arrange itself 50 that the people
coald get by on the sidewalk. Ewes
ry moment the crowd increased,
and they soon stretched lar up and
down the street. The proprietor
of the store came out and went
back and asked for the clerks who
arranged the Window, in order to
find what special attraction they
had put in for the public gaze that
morning. They s9id nothing and
the proprietor declared somebody
had put guy in his window. A
little newsboy, who edged his way
to the side Of the tall, quiet man,
squinted his eyes at the window
and curted out: L don't see moth
in. Bat the quiet man continued
to gaze before him unm0ved.
Hey, mister, what der We see?
quecrried the bootbl4ck, touching
the coat Of the quiet man.
He turned and said: Nothing:
I am blind, I am waiting for my
boy The newsboy gave a keen
whistle and ran away. The crowd
separated, each ashamed to look
the other in the face.
The South western news. (Dawson, GA.) 188?-1889, 1887-08-03

The Philadelphia Inquirer says:
There may often be found yin the
presentment Of grand jury much
wisdom most briefly expressed.
Here, for instance, is a specimen
from the presentment of the late
grand jury of this county: "A
large number OF cases of unprovok.
ed as sault and battery came be.
fore US. Included in this category
were a number of wife-beaters.
We are of the opinion that when a
man become degraded enough to
beat his wife, our present mode of
punishment is of no avail, and we
heartily recommend the establish
ment Of the whipping>rost for such
otfense.'
The South western news. (Dawson, GA.) 188?-1889, 1887-08-03

The best illustrated paper out
A bank note.
The South western news. (Dawson, GA.) 188?-1889, 1887-08-03
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The South western news. (Dawson, GA.) 188?-1889, 1887-08-03
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The South western news. (Dawson, GA.) 188?-1889, 1887-08-03
BABY-FARrING HORRORS
Ninety-six Per Cent. of the Found
lings in Montreal are Allow
ed to Die.

MoDTREAL, July 90 Recent
exposures in this city regarding
the treatment of toundlines show
that 96 rer cent. of the children
die, The children are left at the
Grey nunnery and from there
'farmed out to poor people in CITY
and suburbs, who are paid 10 cents
a day per head to care for them.
These people take almost no care Of
the infants and simply starve them
to death.
The correspondents of the IForld
got q list of some of the people
who have charge ofthe babies, and
to-day made tour of inspection
They had learned that visit would
be paid them, and most of them
had made some preparation for it.
The house of Mrs. DaceHal, pro
fessional baby farmer at Sault
an Recollet, was the first visited.
At the door of the house lay three
little children, each with bare legs
breast and arms, with frousy bo-
dice around its middle and piece
of dark cloth around its lions; each
covered from head to foot with
large black flies, which preyed vo
raciously upon the soft flesh; each
exposed to the piti!ess heat Of the
sun, which poured down on them
in untemptod severity. The house
was small and contained three
apartments. In the kitchen were
@ stove, a table and a settle bed
and three rude square boxes upon
rockers for the use Of the children.
The three children who had been
upon the vcTanda were placed in
two of these cradles. In the third
was fourth chill, but it was so
small and was so completely cover
ed with flies that 1t was not easily
recognizable as human. 1t was a
shocking spectacle of neglect and
misery. The little thing was
breathing heavily. 1t moaned
feebly now and then and YEARLY
opened two intensely blue eyes, in
which there was unutterable APP
peal. An India-rubber nipple,
attached to a bottle containing
what looked like, sour, curdled
milk, had been thrust into its
mouth, and at this it sucked now
and then, but was too feeble to
draw the fluid from the bottle. Its
arms were hardly larger than a
pipe-stem, its legs not thicker than
a grown mans finger. Its skin
hung in loose folds upon the man
kin frame aud its face had the
look of age stamped upon it. The
flies devoured every feature. An
intolerable etiluia, heavy and sick
eniRg, exhaled from the dirty
clothes in the cradle. OF the -four
children oRe will probably survive
but they were all wasted; they al
suffered from neglect; they were
all dirty; they all clutehed at the
India-rubber nipple, which, wher
the children are numerous, is no
even attached to milk bottle.
At another place a child lay dy
ing, starved to death. The thir(
house had six children, all of then
marked for death. They wer,
covered with flies. One woman
said that she had had twenty-foul
children in her house in three
years, and that all of item had
died.
In nearly every place visited
similar scenes met the eye, and the
women who had charge of the un'
tortunates seemed utterly heartlesf
and erAAl
The South western news. (Dawson, GA.) 188?-1889, 1887-08-03
The Fond lilly Man.

He appeared suddenly at the
door of a fashionable boarding.
house the other day, wearing a
bland smile and scersucker suit.
The ladies were all grouped on
the veranda in breakfast cos
tunes.
Ladies' he said, dofiing his
hat. "a gentleman who boards here
asked me to bring this basket
of lilies and present with his COM
plinlents to the prettiest lady here.
There was moments pause, and
then a maiden who had seen many
summers asked sharply:
We'll, why don't you present
it?'
The man made depreatary
".
'How can I, miss? He forgot to
e me any address,aDd I couldn't
k out one from so mar "
What did he look ike? asked
the ladies at once.
very distwangey, with a light
ustache, or lemme see, was it
rk? / disremember the color.
that's what he said the pret>
It lady
Could it have been Mr.--?
you suppose he ordered them
The South western news. (Dawson, GA.) 188?-1889, 1887-08-03

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this train, arriving a Macon p IN aud At
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l:lo m.
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